Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa

Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa
Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa
Finance Minister of Tibet
In office
1939–1950
Dalai LamaTenzin Gyatso
Personal details
Born(1907-01-11)January 11, 1907
Lhasa, Tibet
DiedFebruary 23, 1989(1989-02-23) (aged 82)
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
NationalityTibetan
OccupationDiplomat, Politician, Scholar, Author
Known forTibet: A Political history

Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa (Tibetan: རྩིས་དཔོན་དབང་ཕྱུག་བདེ་ལྡན་ཞྭ་སྒབ་པ, Wylie: rtsis dpon dbang phyug bde ldan zhwa sgab pa, January 11, 1907 – February 23, 1989) was a Tibetan nobleman, scholar, statesman and former Finance Minister of the government of Tibet.[1]

  1. ^ Jackson, David P. (2003). A Saint in Seattle The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 9780861713967.